Bajaj Finserv aims to transform the health sector in India, sets up a Health-Tech venture 

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Pune, 24 Sept 2020: Bajaj Finserv Ltd, India’s leading financial services conglomerate, today announced the launch of its fully owned subsidiary Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd., (BFHL), a health-tech solutions business, aimed at improving the health outcomes of Indian consumers through smarter, connected and holistic care plans. With this new venture, the lending to insurance provider, has now forayed into the healthcare ecosystem, aiming to disrupt the health segment and make healthcare experience convenient and all-inclusive for consumers.

The new venture, Bajaj Finserv Health, brings to the market its core offering ‘Aarogya Care’, an industry first product, providing Preventive, Personalized, Prepaid health care packages to consumers. With a mobile-first approach, ‘Aarogya Care’ integrates the various complementary components of the health ecosystem, to provide ease of access to quality and affordable healthcare, anytime, anywhere. Powered by the latest innovations in digital health technology, the Bajaj Finserv Health App is like a personalised health manager, offering consumers a digital gateway to access convenient, connected and cost-effective health solutions right at their fingertips. 

 

The comprehensive offering has health insurance coverage from Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and pre-approved Health EMI facility from Bajaj Finance Ltd, to protect consumers from unexpected high medical costs. The company has already empanelled 112 hospital partners, operating 200 hospitals in India, 3 diagnostic and laboratory centres having 671 consumer touch points and over 9,000 doctors registered on the platform. The health care services will be provided by these network partners. 

Devang Mody, CEO, Bajaj Finserv Health says, “We are a tech-enabled, health management platform, with a vision to enable customer-centric solutions, to bridge the need-gap challenges of the health ecosystem. With Aarogya Care as our guided concept, we are working with our provider networks to overcome the healthcare barriers and making healthcare delivery affordable, accessible and personalized for consumers.  For this, we are using deep technology, AI and ML algorithms to provide tailored experiences and value to both customers as well as partners.  At the end of the day, we want consumers to proactively manage their health and experience improved outcomes through easy accessibility to preventive and personalised health plans.”

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Prachet Dapkekar, CEO, Deccan Multispeciality Hardikar Hospital, says, “Preventive Health check- up is the Key for consumers. With the launch of Aarogya Care preventive-personalized-prepaid package by Bajaj Finserv health, customers can avail worry free healthcare experience.”

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ketan Apte, Unit Head, Sahyadri Hospital says, “Preventive healthcare has always been low on Demand also accessibility to specialized and end-to-end healthcare systems remains a concern. The initiative from Bajaj Finserv Health offering convenience of EMI on Medical treatment and foraying into Personalized & preventive Health plans will have a positive impact. The pandemic has only highlighted the focus on Healthcare, this initiative will drive the importance of preventive health check across all socio- economic strata of our community. We wish Bajaj Finserv the very best for this new initiative.”

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Yusuf Punjab, CEO, Indorewala ENT Hospital says, “Indorewala ENT Hospital are at the forefront of the Pandemic as “COVID FRONTIERS”.  The launch of Bajaj Finserv Health unique customer proposition of Aarogya Care and No Cost EMI affordability solution will immensely benefit the customers.”

Over the years, Bajaj Finserv has witnessed phenomenal success in catering to the unmet financial needs of consumers through its different financial service businesses – be it building India’s largest and fastest growing non-banking consumer lending business or steadily growing two of the largest and most respected private general and life insurance companies with an expansive distribution reach and serving an equally extensive customer base across the country. With the combined strength and capability of the group businesses, a large pool of over 120 MM consumer franchise, largest Health EMI financing and industry best claim pay-out experiences, Bajaj Finserv is uniquely positioned to service the needs of consumers with differentiated solutions.

And, with its latest entry into the health-tech space, the fragmented health ecosystem in India is all set to witness the next wave of disruption, through smarter healthcare solutions.

About Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd

Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd., (BFHL/the company) is a public limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013. and is engaged in the business of marketing, promoting and selling Healthcare and Wellness plans/ products/ schemes in connection with health, wellness and management of illness to intending Customers, through online and /or integrated healthcare ecosystem. BFHL is promoted by Bajaj Finserv Ltd. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv Ltd.

To know more visit   www.bajajfinservhealth.in